Reflection and Growth

Dating.

Your 20s.

Finding yourself, knowing yourself, owning what you believe.

Knowing and understanding the qualities you value and want in another.

Finding those qualities.

Opening myself back up to the dating scene has been a bit uncomfortable, to say the least, after shunning it for quite sometime.

I've spent the good part of the last 3 years trying to "find" myself, placing a lot of energy in understanding and developing a good sense of the person I hope to become, something I used to believe I had a firm grasp on relative to a lot of my peers, but somehow lost security in during some of the more emotional and trying events of my early 20s. As I've started to enter my late 20s, I've begun to realize "finding" myself is less something I can simply check off a To-Do list and more something that continually happens through time and exploration. I understand now that it's something that, at times, I may feel more secure in than others, but will be constantly evolving throughout my life. I can seek comfort in the fact that holding true to my key values, those that have remained constant, while maintaining a level of curiosity about life and a desire to continuously grow and better myself is all I really need and will make for a smoother road to success.

I stumbled on this blog today. Although reading both sides is informative, I found more insight reading The 11 Differences Between Dating a Girl vs a Woman which gave me the opportunity to reflect back on myself the values that have held true for as long as I can remember, ones I've let slip, and ones I may not have paid attention to before, but see the positive in being aware of them.

Reflection and growth.